Hey Brian,
I havent done specific scientific comps, but I do like the multi-tracking of Samplitude better, the included POW-R dither algorithm, the "real time" non destructive editing options(no render!),and most of all, I love the fact that samplitude has no filesize limitation for edits. With my ears it *seems* that tracks produced from samplitude sound better(my monitors arent the best, (used yamaha ns-1000s)(and it also
seemed like the native SRC scheme in samplitude sounded better). Not science I know...the only definite(non-subjective) *concrete* advantage that samplitude has over wavelab is the Multi-Track recording. (well, and the included POW-R dither (on any after v7) )It does have a
massive learning curve , and ive spent quite a few hours trying to wrap my brain around it. Professionals use both, and they are both highly regarded, so you cant go wrong either way. Brian, I guess I shouldve said that if you are going to do
multi-track recording/editing, I would reccomend samplitude over the others..(though I do use it for 2 ch stereo tracking as well now)
SRC Comp:
http://src.infinitewave.ca/ I would reccomend Samp. over any of those. It especially shines in multi-track mixing and editing. It has a bit of a learning curve, but well worth it , IMHO.
I'm very familiar with Audition, somewhat familiar with Wavelab, and not at all familiar with Soundforge and Samplitude. What does Samplitude do that the others do not, or perhaps do better than the other apps I mention? Curious about your first-hand experience and whether you've run any comparisons to determine which features, functions you like best? I know when I ran my dither comparison I had very specific preferences regarding results and/or user interface. But the results had more to do with plugins rather than the apps themselves, though of course there were differences in the built-in dither algos (only Wavelab and Audition built-in dither, if I recall). I've not yet done an SRC comparison yet, but may soon.